35-466: Bepress is a commercial, academic software firm owned by RELX Group . It began in 1999 as the Berkeley Electronic Press, co-founded by academics Robert Cooter and Aaron Edlin . It makes products and services to support scholarly communication, including institutional repository and publishing software. Until September 2011 it also published electronic journals . In August 2017, Bepress
70-505: A Coventry based metal business, in 1985. The company went to acquire Walpamur , a paints business, from Reed International in 1987, and Berger, Jenson and Nicholson , another paints business, from Hoechst AG in 1988. The two businesses were combined to create Crown Berger . The vehicle division, which operated nineteen car dealerships, was demerged as Pendragon PLC in November 1989. Williams Holdings bought Pilgrim House in
105-460: A newsprint manufacturing operation at Tovil Mill near Maidstone , Kent . The Reed family were Methodists and encouraged good working conditions for their staff in the then-dangerous print trade. In 1965, Reed Group, as it was then known, became a conglomerate , creating its Decorative Products Division with the purchase of Crown Paints , Polycell and Sanderson 's wallpaper and DIY decorating interests. In 1970, Reed Group merged with
140-747: A peer-reviewed academic journal prior to its incorporation into the Bepress system. The journals included The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy , The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics , and The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics . RELX Group RELX plc (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London , England. Its businesses provide scientific , technical and medical information and analytics; legal information and analytics; decision-making tools; and organise exhibitions. It operates in 40 countries and serves customers in over 180 nations. It
175-423: A security breach occurred through a recently purchased subsidiary, Seisint, which allowed identity thieves to steal the records of at least 316,000 people. The database contained names, current and prior addresses, dates of birth, drivers license numbers and Social Security numbers , among other data obtained from credit reporting agencies and other sources. In 2008 the company settled an action taken against it by
210-452: A publishing company called NV Uitgeversmaatschappij Elsevier (Elsevier Publishing Company NV) to publish literary classics and the encyclopedia Winkler Prins . Robbers named the company after the old Dutch printers family Elzevir , which, for example, published the works of Erasmus in 1587. Elsevier NV originally was based in Rotterdam but moved to Amsterdam in the late 1880s. Up to
245-428: Is a desktop and web program for managing and sharing research papers, discovering research data and collaborating online. Elsevier is the world's largest publisher of academic articles. It published 600,000 articles in 2021. Its best-known titles are The Lancet and Cell . In 1995, Forbes magazine (wrongly) predicted Elsevier would be "the first victim of the internet" as it was disrupted and disintermediated by
280-537: Is called RX, formerly Reed Exhibitions until 2021. It is the world's largest exhibitions company, running 500 shows for 140,000 exhibitors and 7m visitors. ReedPop, part of RX, organises popular culture events including New York Comic Con and PAX . In February 2018, ReedPop acquired Gamer Network , a British Mass Media company that owns a number of video game journalism sites including Eurogamer , Rock Paper Shotgun and VG247 . Ecommerce store The Haul focused on pop culture memorabilia and merchandise
315-551: Is one of the constituents of the FTSE 100 Index , AEX Index , Financial Times Global 500 and Euronext 100 Index. The company, which was previously known as Reed Elsevier, came into being in 1993, as a result of the merger of Reed International, a British trade book and magazine publisher, and Elsevier , a Netherlands-based scientific publisher. The company re-branded itself as RELX in February 2015. In 1895, Albert E. Reed established
350-786: The British Medical Journal , published an editorial in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine arguing that Reed Elsevier's involvement in both the arms trade and medical publishing constituted a conflict of interest. Subsequently, in June the company announced that they would be exiting the defence exhibition business during the second half of the year. In November 2019, legal scholars and human rights activists called on RELX to cease work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement because their product LexisNexis directly contributes to
385-488: The Federal Trade Commission for multiple failures of security practice in how the data was stored and protected. The settlement required Reed Elsevier and Seisint to establish and maintain a comprehensive security program to protect nonpublic personal information. Between 2005 and 2007, members of the medical and scientific communities, which purchase and use many journals published by Reed Elsevier, agitated for
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#1733115698419420-550: The International Publishing Corporation and the company name was changed to Reed International Limited. The company continued to grow by merging with other publishers and produced high quality trade journals as IPC Business Press Ltd and women's and other consumer magazines as IPC magazines Ltd. Reed entered the United States in 1977 by acquiring Cahners Publications, founded by Norman Cahners . In 1985,
455-624: The Research Works Act , although it no longer supports the last. Because of this, members of the scientific community have boycotted Elsevier journals. In January 2012, the boycott gained an online pledge and petition ( The Cost of Knowledge ) initiated by mathematician and Fields medalist Sir Timothy Gowers . The movement has received support from noted science bloggers, such as biologist Jonathan Eisen . Between 2012 and February 2023, about 20,500 scientists signed The Cost of Knowledge boycott. On 28 February 2019, following long negotiations,
490-641: The United States (owners of Kidde ) for £331m in 1988 and Yale & Valor , a locks and gas fires business, in 1991. It started to focus on security in the 1990s, selling its paints business to Akzo Nobel in 1990. In February 1997, it bought Chubb Security for $ US2.1 billion. It changed its name to Williams plc in 1998 and sold Yale Lock Company to Assa Abloy in March 2000. The company demerged into Chubb and Kidde in July 2000. This article about
525-518: The University of California announced it would be terminating all subscriptions with Elsevier. On 16 March 2021, following further negotiations and significant changes including (i) universal open access to University of California research and (ii) containing the "excessively high costs" being charged by publishers, the university renewed its subscription. As a data broker Reed Elsevier collected, used, and sold data on millions of consumers. In 2005,
560-734: The Wabigoon River in Ontario Canada by a corporate subsidiary between 1962 and 1970 was "one of the worst cases of environmental poisoning in Canadian history." Reed sold the Dryden Mill to Great Lakes Forest Products in 1980. As of 2017, Grassy Narrows First Nation chief Simon Fobister stated that the river remained highly contaminated. Reed Elsevier has been criticised for the high prices of its journals and services, especially those published by Elsevier. It has also supported SOPA , PIPA and
595-513: The deportation of illegal immigrants . Williams Holdings Williams Holdings was a major British conglomerate . It was listed on the London Stock Exchange , and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index . The company was established by Nigel Rudd and Brian McGowan in Derby in 1982 to acquire under performing businesses. Its first major acquisition was J & HB Jackson ,
630-579: The 1930s, Elsevier remained a small family-owned publisher, with no more than ten employees. After the war it launched the weekly Elsevier magazine, which turned out to be very profitable. A rapid expansion followed. Elsevier Press Inc. started in 1951 in Houston , Texas, USA, and in 1962 publishing offices were opened in London and New York. Multiple mergers in the 1970s led to name changes, settling at "Elsevier Scientific Publishers" in 1979. In 1991, two years before
665-604: The Mark Allen Group. RELX's Scientific, Technical & Medical business provides information, analytics and tools that help investors make decisions that improve scientific and healthcare outcomes. It operates under the name of Elsevier: ScienceDirect , an online database of primary research, contains 18 million documents. Scopus is a bibliographic database containing abstracts and citations for academic journal articles. It contains more than 50 million items in more 20,000 titles from 5,000 publishers worldwide. Mendeley
700-614: The Netherlands. In 2017, the company sold New Scientist magazine. In January 2019, RBI sold its Dutch agricultural media and selected international agricultural media portfolio (including Poultry World ) to Doorakkeren BV. In August 2019, Flight International and FlightGlobal were sold to DVV Media Group . In December 2019, RBI announced plans to sell the Farmers Weekly magazine title, website and related platforms, events and awards to MA Agriculture Limited, part of
735-585: The World Wide Web. LexisNexis Risk Solutions provide decision-making tools which help banks spot money launderers and insurance companies weed out fraudulent claims. The business claims to have saved the state of Florida more than $ 60 million a year by preventing benefit fraud. Accuity provides financial crime compliance software which allows institutions to comply with sanctions and anti-money laundering compliance programmes. It offers Know Your Customer, KYC , online subscription-based data and software for
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#1733115698419770-565: The aviation, finance and travel industries. RELX's legal business operates under the LexisNexis brand. Many of LexisNexis' brands date back to the nineteenth century or earlier. These include Butterworths and Tolley in the UK and JurisClasseur in France. In 2019, 85% of its revenues were electronic. The LexisNexis legal and news database contains 119bn documents and records. RELX's exhibitions business
805-534: The children's divisions of Heinemann, Methuen, Hamlyn and Mammoth to the Egmont Group . In February 2007, the company announced its intention to sell Harcourt, its educational publishing division. On 4 May 2007 Pearson , the international education and information company, announced that it had agreed to acquire Harcourt Assessment and Harcourt Education International from Reed Elsevier for $ 950m in cash. In July 2007, Reed Elsevier announced its agreement to sell
840-564: The company decided to rationalise its operations, focusing on publishing and selling off its other interests. Sanderson was sold to WestPoint Pepperell, Inc. of Georgia , United States , that year, while Crown Paint and Polycell were sold to Williams Holdings in 1987. The company's paper and packaging production operations were bundled together to form Reedpack and sold to private equity firm Cinven in 1988. Reed expanded its publishing by acquiring Technical Publishing from Dun & Bradstreet . In 1880, Jacobus George Robbers started
875-422: The company to cut its links to the arms trade. Two UK academics, Tom Stafford of Sheffield University and Nick Gill, launched petitions calling for it to stop organising arms fairs. A subsidiary, Spearhead, organised defence shows, including an event where it was reported that cluster bombs and extremely powerful riot control equipment were offered for sale. In February 2007 Richard Smith , former editor of
910-693: The company's work in advancing the Rule of Law - recognizing the company's commitment to strengthening equality under law, transparency of law, independent judiciaries and accessible legal remedy. The Elsevier Foundation supports libraries in developing countries, women scientists and nursing facilities. In 2016 it committed $ 1m a year, for 3 years, to programmes encouraging diversity in science, technology and medicine and promoting science research in developing countries. Programmes operated by LexisNexis Legal & Professional include: Programmes operated by LexisNexis Risk Solutions include: The mercury contamination of
945-420: The financial services industry. The company's services include helping banks and financial institutions screen for high risk customers and transactions, and providing databases such as Bankers Almanac which allows clients to find and validate bank payment routing data. Accuity serves financial services clients worldwide. Cirium (previously known as FlightGlobal) provides data and aviation analytics products to
980-478: The first half of 2021. From 2011 to 2014, the average annual value of disposals was about $ 300m. The predictability of the company's results in recent years has led to a re-rating of the shares. The RELX Environmental Challenge awards grants to projects advancing access to safe water and sanitation. In 2019, Mike Walsh, CEO of LexisNexis, was honoured by the UN Foundation with a Global Leadership award for
1015-486: The merger with Reed, Elsevier acquired Pergamon Press in the UK. Cahners Publishing, founded by Norman Cahners , was the largest U.S. publisher of trade or business magazines as of his death in 1986. Reed International acquired the company in 1977. In February 1997, Reed Elsevier divested its trade publishing group (including Heinemann , Methuen , Secker & Warburg , Sinclair-Stevenson , Mandarin, Minerva and Cedar) to Random House . In 1998, Reed Elsevier sold
1050-404: The remaining Harcourt Education business, including international imprint Heinemann , to Houghton Mifflin for $ 4 billion in cash and stock. Between 2006 and 2019, in 65 separate deals, the company systematically sold its 300 print, business to business magazine titles, reducing the proportion of print revenues from 51% to 9%. Advertising, which had been the largest source of revenues when RELX
1085-550: The weak economy including an advertising slump. Variety , the company's last remaining North American title, was sold in October 2012. In 2014, Reed Business Information sold BuyerZone, an online marketplace; emedia, an American provider of research for IT buyers and vendors; and a majority stake in Reed Construction Data , a provider of construction data. In 2016, RELX sold Elsevier Weekly and BeleggersBelangen in
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1120-642: Was acquired by RELX Group for an undisclosed amount, reported to be around £100 million ($ 129.3 million). The acquisition drew criticism from the library community. Bepress published electronic journals in the social sciences, law, medicine, and natural sciences, before selling the portfolio to Walter de Gruyter in September 2011. It published its first journals in December 2000, with the exception of Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics , which existed as
1155-629: Was founded, represented just 1% of sales in 2018. In July 2009, Reed Elsevier announced its intention to sell most of its North American trade publications, including Publishers Weekly , Broadcasting & Cable , and Multichannel News , although it planned to retain Variety . In April 2010, Reed Elsevier announced that it had sold 21 US magazines to other owners in recent months, and that an additional 23 US trade magazines, including Restaurants & Institutions , Hotels , and Trade Show Week would cease publication. The closures were mostly due to
1190-628: Was launched in 2021. Popverse , a popular culture website, was founded in 2022. It sold the Gamer Network to IGN Entertainment , division of Ziff Davis , in May 2024. However, it retained the Popverse outlet. As of 2021, the board of directors consisted of: In 2019, Harvard Business Review ranked Erik Engström the world's 11th best performing CEO. In August 2020, RELX announced Sir Anthony Habgood would retire as Chair, to be replaced by Paul Walker in
1225-435: Was previously known as Reed Elsevier , and came into being in 1993 as a result of the merger of Reed International, a British trade book and magazine publisher, and Elsevier, a Netherlands-based scientific publisher. The company is publicly listed, with shares traded on the London Stock Exchange , Amsterdam Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbols: London: REL, Amsterdam: REN, New York: RELX). The company
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